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Mother gives birth on flight to Philippines

A baby born among the clouds has been named Haven after her mother went into labour during a flight from Dubai.

New information has been revealed about the miraculous birth that occurred 30,000 feet up Sunday, which forced the flight bound for the Manila to make an emergency landing in India.

The woman was seven months pregnant when she boarded the Cebu Pacific Air flight to Manila on Sunday, the Manila Bulletin reports.

About five hours into the journey she went into labour and the flight crew sprung into action, albeit somewhat nervously, fellow passenger Missy Berberabe Umanda wrote on Facebook.

"For once in my life I saw flight attendants, who are meant to always maintain their poise and composure, panic ever so slightly," she said.

"Flight attendants started calling for medical assistance, and luckily, there were two nurses among the passengers. She was already crowning, so she was brought to the more spacious area in front of the plane."

A short time later the woman gave birth and flight attendants helped wash the baby in a makeshift basin filled with mineral water.

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"There were two other babies with us in the front row and one of the passengers had a suitcase full of infant clothes and necessities, which could not have come at a better time," Ms Umanda wrote.

The mother then returned to her seat at the back of the plane with her healthy baby girl in her arms.

Despite no apparent complications pilots made an emergency landing in India due to the baby being born two months premature.

The baby could be set for a life of jet-setting with some airlines offering a lifetime of free travel to babies born on one of their flights.

In 2009, AirAsia gave free flights for life to the baby of Liew Siaw Hsia, born while flying from Penang to Kuching in Malaysian Borneo.

But Haven will not be picking up an additional passport despite her highly unusual birthplace. The UN Convention on International Civil Aviation states that a baby born on an aircraft will take the citizenship of the airline, which in this case was Filipino.